Athletic Trainers Salary — Fresno, California

The average Athletic Trainers in Fresno, California earns $71,450 a year.

$71,450 / year, mean
↑ 4.9% above national average 14th percentile in California

Fresno is among the lowest-paying cities in California for this specific role. That's close to the national average for athletic trainers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
50
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.5%
Cost of living 102 #41 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $409,749 #49 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $71,897 #94 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Fresno ranks #41 for cost of living and #49 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $91,240 San Francisco $84,990 New York $81,290 McAllen $81,150 Los Angeles $80,940 Riverside $80,560 Trenton $80,540 Ann Arbor $79,310 Sacramento $78,620 Corpus Christi $78,020 Houston $77,460 San Diego $76,930 Lansing $76,850 Brownsville $75,380 Dallas $74,980 Beaumont $74,790 El Paso $74,560 Seattle $72,810 Lubbock $71,660 Fresno $71,450 Buffalo $71,410 Chicago $69,700 Huntington $69,330 Philadelphia $69,280 Fort Myers $68,770 Charlottesville $68,070 Corvallis $67,910 Reading $67,860 Waco $67,700 Albany $67,670 Killeen $67,430 Sarasota $67,420 San Antonio $67,090 Austin $67,060 Portland $67,000 Indianapolis $66,730 Kiryas Joel $66,400 College Station $66,350 Miami $65,740 Harrisonburg $65,370 Orlando $65,370 York $65,350 Allentown $65,210 Lafayette $64,910 Champaign $64,730 Baltimore $64,520 Tampa $64,050 Rochester $63,940 Palm Bay $63,320 Virginia Beach $63,260 Louisville $62,920 Richmond $62,680 Fort Wayne $62,300 Syracuse $62,100 Detroit $61,010 Pensacola $60,830 Spokane $60,430 Jacksonville $59,950 Harrisburg $59,540 Lexington $59,470 Erie $59,460 Lancaster $59,160 Muncie $59,160 Grand Rapids $59,130 Deltona $57,210 Lakeland $57,150 South Bend $57,120 Bowling Green $56,830 Pittsburgh $54,690
CityMean salaryvs. Fresno
Albany, New York$67,670-5.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$65,210-8.7%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$79,310+11.0%
Austin, Texas$67,060-6.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$64,520-9.7%
Beaumont, Texas$74,790+4.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$56,830-20.5%
Brownsville, Texas$75,380+5.5%
Buffalo, New York$71,410-0.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$68,770-3.8%
Champaign, Illinois$64,730-9.4%
Charlottesville, Virginia$68,070-4.7%
Chicago, Illinois$69,700-2.4%
College Station, Texas$66,350-7.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$78,020+9.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$67,910-5.0%
Dallas, Texas$74,980+4.9%
Deltona, Florida$57,210-19.9%
Detroit, Michigan$61,010-14.6%
El Paso, Texas$74,560+4.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$59,460-16.8%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$62,300-12.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$59,130-17.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$59,540-16.7%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$65,370-8.5%
Houston, Texas$77,460+8.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$69,330-3.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$66,730-6.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$59,950-16.1%
Killeen, Texas$67,430-5.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$66,400-7.1%
Lafayette, Indiana$64,910-9.2%
Lakeland, Florida$57,150-20.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$59,160-17.2%
Lansing, Michigan$76,850+7.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$59,470-16.8%
Los Angeles, California$80,940+13.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$62,920-11.9%
Lubbock, Texas$71,660+0.3%
McAllen, Texas$81,150+13.6%
Miami, Florida$65,740-8.0%
Muncie, Indiana$59,160-17.2%
New York, New York$81,290+13.8%
Sarasota, Florida$67,420-5.6%
Orlando, Florida$65,370-8.5%
Palm Bay, Florida$63,320-11.4%
Pensacola, Florida$60,830-14.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$69,280-3.0%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$54,690-23.5%
Portland, Oregon$67,000-6.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$67,860-5.0%
Richmond, Virginia$62,680-12.3%
Riverside, California$80,560+12.8%
Rochester, New York$63,940-10.5%
Sacramento, California$78,620+10.0%
San Antonio, Texas$67,090-6.1%
San Diego, California$76,930+7.7%
San Francisco, California$84,990+19.0%
San Jose, California$91,240+27.7%
Seattle, Washington$72,810+1.9%
South Bend, Indiana$57,120-20.1%
Spokane, Washington$60,430-15.4%
Syracuse, New York$62,100-13.1%
Tampa, Florida$64,050-10.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$80,540+12.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$63,260-11.5%
Waco, Texas$67,700-5.2%
York, Pennsylvania$65,350-8.5%
Gross salary
71,450/yr
Estimated take-home
56,452/yr
Est. total withheld
21.0%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All Athletic Trainers salaries in California → All Athletic Trainers salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for Fresno

These notes add local color around Fresno, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 29-9091 SOC code
Official area Fresno, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 23420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
1,170,942